METROPOLIS 1900–1965: BRICKS AND MORTAR

Abstract

In 1886, Thomas Greenwood had been rightly critical of the lack of public libraries in London. Eight years later, he was able to describe a changed situation. Following further adoptions of the Acts purpose‐built public libraries were to be found at Battersea, Bermondsey, Camberwell, Chelsea, Lambeth and St. Martin‐in‐the‐Fields, for example. Greenwood wrote appreciatively of further developments:

Citation

DEWE, M. (1984), "METROPOLIS 1900–1965: BRICKS AND MORTAR", Library Review, Vol. 33 No. 2, pp. 87-96. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012766